Pish lord I wish this prologue was but Greek
- DMI number:
- 15516
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Pish lord I wish this prologue was but Greek
- Last Line:
- Not Cleomenes more than Dorset's spirit
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Places[Westminster-School] and Theatre[Dryden]
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 153.
- Title:
- A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Spoken By Lord Buckhurst, At Westminster School, At A Representation Of Mr. Dryden's Cleomenes, The Spartan Hero. At Christmas, 1695.
- Attribution:
- Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works of his late excellency Matthew Prior [ECCO] [T75653]
- Page No(s):
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, spoken by Lord Buckhurst, at Westminster-School, at a Representation of Mr. Dryden's Cleomenes, The Spartan Hero. At Christmas, 1695.
- Attribution:
- Matthew Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75638] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken by Lord Buckhurst, In Westminster-School, at Christmas, 1695, in the Character of Cleonidas, in Mr. Dryden's Cleomenes.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75645]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken by Lord Buckhurst, in Westminster-School, at Christmas, 1695, in the Character of Cleonidas, in Mr. Dryden's Cleomenes.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T75657]
- Page No(s):
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken by Lord Buckhurst, in Westminster-School, at Christmas, 1695, in the Character of Cleonidas, in Mr. Dryden's Cleomenes.
- Attribution:
- Title-page attribution, 'By Matthew Prior, Esq'.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
Poem Aliases
Cleomenes the Spartan Hero. Prologue.
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